ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the relationship between community and food access. It reviews that RFP, CHUM, SOS, and SHARE are structured in ways that create community among their participants. The chapter explains two arguments: the structure of SHARE, CHUM, and RFP tended to create community among program volunteers but clientelize program participants; and feelings about food were a particular place where differences between program volunteers and program participants emerged. While SOS served as a catalyst for change for those involved in the programs, participants and volunteers at SHARE, RFP, and CHUM all expressed an interest in urban agriculture and many had their own backyard or community gardens. Urban agriculture was a food program that participants in all of the programs saw value in not because of a well-articulated desire to transform the food system, but because it seemed like a simple and hands-on way to improve their own food quality and life.
